New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-16
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-, vov ,5-Nr Gladstones letter Is a sad
.,a-r 90 the fanatics and Dotoriety-hunters who
- hoo, invoking his authority III favOr OF law
,.a,os. They expected him to supplement- his
,oofomous "Remember Mrches'owh win ne
memher Trafalgar Square" Ihey ''s"'u iio'n HIS
onnrovol of resistance to law III iie'auu 'ha' ho
could anproye resistance 10 law Ill Lohuou'
.l,b hearing his name appealed 10 MN 10 JOIN mem
,nSouu,ng the police and summonng another
mce,ine next Sunday. lie refuses. lie prohounces
M opinion on the LEGAL question. but thinks an
r,bortative declara tion should be obtained. Un-
,J,ben" SAWS Mr.. Gladstone IN words destined 10
hs long remembered and Ot en- quoted, lit Is the
duty of every citizen to refrain from all resistance
IN the decision of the Executive GOvernment,which
ia clearly entitled to administer the laws according
10 what ii may be advised is their true construc-
tion." THANK YOU" respond the Con-
servative journals "we think your letter would
have been useful before the conflict
than after the law had won victory over
lawlcssness but are grateful for 1t 1t will
probably discourage next SUNDAYS mob, aud at
any rate will restrain their polite leaders.
But then our Tory friends proceed 70 apply Mr..
Gladso ones proposition to Ireland. They argue
that if il is the duty OF every citizen to refrain from
all resistance To the Executive Government, 1t is
the duty of Irish well as of English citizens.
They wish TO know why, if he Executive Govern
clear V entltcQ 10 admlniSCer lne laws Ill
England according to what 1t may be advised is
their true construction it is not equally entitled to
do so in Ireland. Mr.. Gladstone, as if aware that
these questions aIe likely to be put. protests
against ass0ciatiug resistance to law in Ireland
with resistance TO law in Trafalgar Square. But
people do associate them, or some people do
There ls however. even amoung Liberals, general
approval Of the action of the Government on sun
day. Every respectable journal IN London
is on the side If law and order. The PdH NaH
gazette is on the side of the mob. There Is no
sympathy with Messrs. Graham aud Burns, both of
whom assaulted the police nor with Mr. Hynd-
man. who KEEP, out of the way, save among the dis
orderly classes or SOciaiIstlc classes No respec
able lawyer has come forward to question the legal
Iight Of Sir Charles Warren 10 close Trafalgar
SQUARE to public meetings, and few Will be heard,
now that Mr. Gladstone has spoken, to deny that
he has uset his legal right with discretion and
sound iudg nent. The meetings held during the
last few weeks have interfered with the rights of
the public. The rights of all have been sacrhced
to the selfish caprlces of a few Business has been
injured, streets Obsuucted, o:der menacC d. peace
bioNcn, and pu5hc safety lmperied. That is why
the meeting on Sund day was prohibited.
The events Of Sunday fill pages in the newspa-
rcrs | can only say briefly that praise can be
tco high for the couduct of the authorities and of
the police. sir Charlie, Warrens handling of the
combined forces of police and troops was almost
without fault. 80 imperfect is the detective ser
vice that ne had no knowledge of the plans of the
various clubs aud the meetings in the East and
South of Losdon which had resolved 10 force their
way INTO The square He had TO hold the square
itself and hold the approaches to 1t from half a
dozen different directions. lie gave full warning
that professions would be broken ~. In every
ease these organized mobS were met, charged and
scattered ong before they got within sight of the
- to bN fnvpa he
Square Iecf became a fortress only its walls were
wills Of hvlng men, If Sir Charles Warrens dispo-
slOn were open to criticism at any point 1t was In
al .ow ng such enOrmois masses to assemble IN the
streets and open spaces adjacent 10 the square.
They proved ~ the end dificalt to dSperse. But
iraginc SIR Charles Warren was not sorry lie let
the mob try conclusions with the police From the
begiunng to tn end of the day there never was a
mcment when the mob had chance No man en-
tered Trafalgar square except as prisoner, and
10 body of men held together against the
charges Of mounted police. There was
not single point where successful resistance
was Dncred. Much has been saI't0f the conduct Of
the police The battle and beaten rioters and
some Of their frantic friends say the police
were brutal spent the afternoon on the spot. l
have seen many riots, and thought the patience
OF the poice az admirable aS their courage and
seadiness Very few blows were struck never.
tiat saw, except IN defence against attack Most
o; the work was done with horses. There was no
really sciIous fighting, bat there certainly would
have been had not sir Charles Warren's force been
ovcrw helmiug and per ectiy handled. There was
10 stone-tnro wing Tne mob conIentcl themselves
with nard wOrsd. Insults rahed on the police, but
10 missiles. ! saw no Off ,cr lose his temper.
When the Life Guards appeared they were
cheeied Az soon they got 10 work patrolling
and clearing the streets they, too, were hooted.
The Fuot Guards were grOaned when they fixed
bayone,s 1t is the first time for twenty years that
London Iioters have found themselves face
TO face with troops They did not Ike
it, and never dreamed of inviting voley.
They well knew what it meant when they saw
magistrate in PLAIN clothes riding ut the head OF
the Lie Guards be ween two officers gliiteling IN
scarlet and steel
There were perhaps two hundrcd Thousand
people in the spreading area about the Square.
Many were spectators, but many more came for
mischief. Ii was beyond all question a dangerous
mob. The dangerous elements were III great ma
joIny IL was not the right of public meeting that
was at issue. but the right of plblc punder There
would have been deadly work had the Toughs-
who are not bad judges-thought they saw an OPEN
ing. They were in the worst of tempcrs, but all
they could d, was to 60 scowling home, if they
had home. BY o'clock all wa. over though the
militia stayed for another hour or two
and the police were duty all night
London woke the next morning a safer
city than IT has been since last years
Iots The mob. | imagine. has learnt a lesson
winch 1T is a pity the fanatics will never learn.
Balotng for Lord Rector of Glasgow University
gives Lord Rosebery s67 and Lord Lytton s15
votes. Bnt the election is by nations. of which
there are four, and each candidate has two The
casting belongs to the Chancellor OF the Uni
vefslty, the Earl Of stair. Lord Star s LORD hose
berys personal friend but political opponent, so as
the election turus politics il Is supposed that
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